Real Estate Showcase -New Jersey and the Gold Coast

Live
the elegant resort life with midtown Manhattan just out your window
at Henley on Hudson in Weehawaken, an anchor of Port Imperial’s
celebrated mixed-use riverfront community. Henley is ultra-convenient,
providing a quick ferry ride to NYC, light rail to all points on
the Gold Coast, and shops and eateries are close at hand. Here on
the verge of the great metropolis are the country-club comforts
of the private Club at Henley, which features a stately lounge for
reading, relaxing, or entertaining; a topnotch Fitness Center with
yoga and pilates quarters, and a resort-style swimming pool with
knockout views of the Manhattan skyline. A wide selection of condos,
penthouses, and townhomes will range from the $800,000s to the high
$2 millions for the largest waterfront spots; the condos and penthouses
come in both single and two-story designs. OCCUPANCY FALL 2007.

Jean
Villamin-Donato | 212-864-7788 | Lennar Urban

A
SHORE THING

Life’s
a beach on the Jersey Shore, all the more so if you
land a condo at The Esperanza at Asbury Park, a glittering
two-tower oceanside residential development. Dean Geibel,
managing partner of Hoboken-based Metro Homes, sees
the Esperanza setting a new standard of living in the
rebirth of Asbury Park. The two towers, at 1101 Ocean
Avenue, range in size from 545 square feet for studios
to 3,000 square feet for four bedrooms. Residents will
get hotel-style services and an array of top-shelf amenities,
including a fitness center and spa, a rooftop pool with
23 poolside cabanas, and a children’s play area
done in a shipwreck theme. Buyers will select their
own finishes—traditional, classic, or contemporary.
Prices start in the low $400,000s. OCCUPANCY, SPRING
2009.

Jacqueline
Urgo | 888-498-1788 | The Marketing Directors

THE
ZEN OF YOO

The
glass towers with sweeping views up and down the Hudson would be
enough to sell anyone on Aurora Over the Hudson in Cliffside Park,
but Philippe Starck’s world-renown design makes it that much
sweeter. This is the first venture into New Jersey of YOO by Starck,
a firm that has put its mark on 23,000-plus residences in London,
Sydney, and the Far East. All of the 131 two- and three-bedroom
residences will have YOO by Starck-designed kitchens and bathrooms.
The chic residents’ club boasts a spa, Zen lounge, grand salon,
wine room. The YOO PLAZA is an ultra-cool space set off by entertainment
and relaxation areas, lush gardens and a swimming pool with a hot
tub looking out on the Manhattan skyline. Residences, priced from
$1 million to $2.5 million, will range from 1,800 to 3,300 square
feet. OCCUPANCY MID-2009.

“We’re
seeing a tremendous amount of activity on the Jersey waterfront from young
expanding families who can’t afford Manhattan,” says Neal Sroka,
a senior vice president with Corcoran, noting that Jersey is selling in
the low millions for 1,100 to 2,000 square feet, far below New York figures.
“We’re also getting empty nesters from Short Hills and Summit
and international buyers—not investors, but people who want to be
on the water.”